GEORGES AND GYORGY CZIFFRA JR FATHER AND SON IN CONCERT 1965. FRANCK SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS.

A short brisk overture, Colas Breugnon by Kabalevsky opens this concert. Cziffra Jr is then joined by Gyorgy Cziffra senior in a gently lyrical and poetic performance of Cesar Franck's Symphonic Variations. This was a time of great celebrity for Cziffra and he was adored by audiences in his adopted country France. Cziffra Jr. was to die in a house fire in 1981 after which Cziffra never played with orchestra again. His last Liszt recording is dedicated to his son's memory.

[@hacohenitay]

Czifra senior was one of the greatest pianist ever. His technique on the piano was virtuoso.

[@elmiramuradova561]

Какой прекрасный тандем великого отца и столь талантливого сына! Удовольствие от произведения и исполнения. Сынуля очень похож на отца. Очень жаль ,что так рано ушел. Ни один родитель не может перенести потерю своего ребенка. Всю свою боль Циффра старший передал через свое неповторимое ,наполненное огромной энергетикой и силой исполнение многих произведений ,что мы и наблюдаем сейчас,слушая его бесценные записи. Спасибо.

[@christianvennemann9008]

This is so saddening, considering what would happen to the son.

[@SELMER1947]

Unbelievable ! No one has ever touched a piano with so much sensitivity, passion and virtuosity combined....

[@arlettecorbeau8968]

Que de bonheur et d'émotion de revoir ce TRES CHER ET TRES GRAND ARTISTE . J'ai eu le bonheur de le connaître et d'assister à de très nombreux concerts . Je l'ai suivi jusqu'à son dernier concert . Merçi cher grand artiste pour tout ce que vous nous avez apporter . Je vous aime en pensant au bonheur que vous nous avez apporter à mon mari (malheureusement décédé) et moi même.

[@mcrettable]

having a musical son taken from you in a house fire... I can't imagine the pain and rage this great artist felt.

[@elmiramuradova561]

❤❤❤Oh,yes ... without words

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Quelle peine a-t-il du ressentir… Cette vidéo est à la fois trop belle et trop émouvante de les revoir ensemble heureux…

[@zongorapiano9659]

The great father and his young talented son! What a beautiful performance. I feel the strong bound between them.

[@rbooy3]

This performance moved me to tears, thank you ever so much for uploading.

[@CziffraTheThird]

From 16:16 to 18:58 is, without any doubt in my mind, one of thee most viscerally raw and untainted moments in all of music literature. What a phrase this is by expressing our humanness for the sake of just pure and raw emotion of the mind, which is our soul. Nevermind the audible aspects, but visual of how Cziffra is just melting facially and emotionally. If this does not make you want to pour out crying and yearn for life for the sake of life in and of itself, for something higher, then you are not human.

[@elmiramuradova561]

Oh,my God ,what a sense in your words. Respect .

[@michaeloleary1867]

Beautiful!

[@antoine742003]

thank you

[@user-ui8qf8df2u]

thank you for this rare video :)

[@ric5532]

Sincere thanks for sharing this wonderful performance. To see this master playing this wonderful Pleyel instrument is a great way to start a new year.

[@piano345]

This performance has been uploaded by others before but I've included his son's contribution and the warmth of the audiences reception that greets Cziffra senior's entrance and playing of the lovely Franck Symphonic Variations.

[@CziffraTheThird]

You have honestly done such an great duty, even if relatively small to the mass of others. Us privileged gem seekers are have hit the jackpot with this.

[@barakjoe]

super

[@christiankircher369]

its interesting to see that cziffra does not use in slow tempi the french cortot legato for the melodies. he takes off the weight of the arm at every note. here we have a significant difference.

[@davidk7529]

Cziffra is the reason for my ongoing piano addiction, even though I started learning much too late in life and am relying on slim odds of coming even close to my intended level of mastery. Hearing and seeing performances like this makes it worth every effort.

[@CziffraTheThird]

Was there an encore done after this? I have no trouble seeing Cziffra sitting back down to play something at the end after the cutoff! Does anyone know?

[@piano345]

As you know, the film was issued on DVD years ago and if Cziffra gave an encore it wasn't filmed.

[@atavist5625]

The alleged suicide of Cziffra Jnr was a tragedy that shook both parents to the core but this video is a most pleasant reminder of father and son doing what they enjoyed so much. I've certainly heard more interesting versions where experienced conductors don't fall into several traps that lure Cziffra Jnr but as a historical document it is a priceless piece of film that derserves preservation. As for Cziffra Snr's final Liszt recording that is dedicated to his son - this is an understandably more sober offering than almost anything he had previously recorded and would have sounded so much better had he used a different piano to that of his (by then) standard and rather shrill Yamaha 9 foot concert grand.

[@CziffraTheThird]

This is a Pleyel, actually.

[@andreweinberger1305]

I agree with u CziffraTheThird, definitely a Pleyel piano, people should only make observations when knowledgeable on any subject.Rene

[@GiorgiIssakadze]

[@JTSJTS]

CZIFFRA HAS 4 HANDS

[@elmiramuradova561]

Yes!!! He is as orkestr ,great pianist,great musician... Bravo!

[@vine2197]

Ok

[@Whaijorhujishkomunyk]

Ok

[@ZKLofiTone]

@@Whaijorhujishkomunyk *OK*

[@paulcannon5065]

20:00

[@robinblankenship9234]

What orchestra is this?

[@piano345]

Orchestra of Radio and Television France.

[@robinblankenship9234]

Thank you.

[@giudiciadanna4550]

Una cosa "bella".